Plow attachment.



PATENTED DEG; 3, 1907.

0. I. MATTINGLY. PLOW ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR-25,1907.

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PLOW ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed April 25, 1907. Serial No. 370.290.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES I. MAT- TINGLY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Uniontown, in the county of Union and State ofKentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Plow Attachments,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a pulverizing attachment for a plow moldboard, and the primary object of the same is to include in a plowstructure means for pulverizing the soil, as well as greatly assistingin turning the latter, and thus save considerable farm labor bymaterially reducing the work of harrowing the soil after it has beenplowed.

The attachment will I not institute side draft on the plow, does notestablish extra heaviness on a team, nor will it catch grass and weedsand become clogged, as it comes in contact only with the bottom of thesoil turned up. Furthermore, the improved attachment can be cheaplymanufactured and applied to plows now in use at a very small cost.

The details of construction will-be more fully hereinafter specified.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plow embodying thefeatures of the invention. Fig. 2 is'a top plan view of a plow shareshowing a part of the plow structure in horizontal section and alsoparticu larly showing the relation of. the attachment to the mold board.

Similar characters of reference are emviews.

The numeral 1 designates a plow of ordinary form and is intended torepresent what is known as a breaker, and includes in its organization amold board 2. Therear upper extremity of the mold board 2 is cut away,as at 3, and secured to the one side thereof are a pair of bearing arms4, having rear terminal eyes 5. The arms 4 have an inclinationrelatively to each other corresponding to the angular disposition of theupper rear extremity of the mold board 2, and between the eyes 5 of thearms a roller 6 is mounted and has reduced extremities 7 rotatably heldin the said eyes. The roller is provided with a plurality of radialteeth or comminuting devices 8. The roller 6 is practically in uprightposition with relation to the mold board 2, and projects outwardly farenough to be effective in acting upon the soil moving thereover from themold board. The roller 6- will alwaysfreely rotate in the direction ofmovement of soil over the mold board, and thus no obstruction is set upor drag resistance instituted by the application of the attachment.Furthermore, the roller with its teeth or comminuting devices 8 engagesthe soil after the latter has passed full length over the mold board andhas become fully turned, and entanglement with weeds or other trash isthus avoided, and the roller will be maintained in clean condition andclogging thereof prevented.

The approximately upright position of the cylindrical roller 6, theminimized projection thereof outwardly beyond the plane of the adjacentsurface of the mold board, and the disposition of the said roller at.the same angle of inclination as the adjacent portion of the mold boardto which it is attached, are conditions of structure and arrangementwhich prevent side draft and heaviness of the team and insureeffectiveness of operation of the roller in the manner desired.Furthermore, the attachment is located at the terminal of the moldboard, and therefore the soil is entirely clear of the latter afterpassing over the roller.

. The improved attachment may be readily applied to plows now in use,and will be found very advantageous in breaking up soil and economizingfarm labor.

It is proposed to form the body of the roller of any suitable material,and changes in the proportions and dimensions thereof may be adopted toadapt the same for application to different sizes of mold boards.

Having thus described the invention, wha is claimed, is:

1. The combination with a mold board of a plow having an elevated rearextremity, and a cylindrical roller held at a distance in rear of thesaid extremity of the plow and in approximately upright position, theroller being provided with comminuting devices and having a minimizedprojection outwardly beyond the plane of the adjacent surface of themold board.

2. The combination with a mold board of a plow having a rear reducedelevated extremity and a cylindrical roller held in rear of the terminalof said extremity and at the same angle of inclination as the adjacentpor- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set tion of the mold board towhich it is attached, my hand in presence of two subscribing wittheroller being provided with comminutnesses.

ing devices and also having a minimized pro- CHARLES I. MATTINGLY. 5jection outwardly beyond the plane of the Witnesses:

adjacent surface of the mold board to pre- JAs. M. GOUGH,

vent side draft and heaviness of the team. H. E. BINY.

